27.06.2011 25.Siwan, 5771
Geschichte:
A reprint of a 16th century atlas of cities is a font of knowledge not only about our urban past, but of what we lost as our towns became concrete jungles.
Late 16th-century Jerusalem is "the most famous of Judea and the entire East, whose size and splendor marvels the imagination" according to German geographer and theologian George Braun, who during the Renaissance created several of the most important historical maps of the city.
"That Jerusalem is the center of the whole world and lies on high mountains in the middle of the land of the Jews is attested not just by geographers but by all historians and the holy Bible," he wrote in a text that is found at the top of a 1572 map….